Chapter 1: Zhang Family's Sickly Child

  Collected 460, still short of 40, dare or not to throw some more, and then let Xiaolong update?

  It wasn't until about a quarter of an hour later that Zhang Fang let out a sigh of relief and withdrew from his meditation.

  However, his face showed a look of surprise because after this cultivation, not only was his injury completely healed, but his cultivation had also improved significantly. For a moment, he became curious about the water Zhang Cheng gave him to drink and asked: "Son, what's going on with this water? How come it's more effective than taking ginseng?"

  "Heh heh, Father, don't ask about this. These five jars of water are all for you to use now. For the time being, you can only drink directly from the fifth jar. I believe these few jars of water will be enough to help you advance your cultivation to 9th rank." Zhang Cheng smiled and didn't answer Zhang Fang's question.

  " Ninth, ninth rank?" Zhang Fang said with some disbelief, actually, he really hadn't thought that he could reach such a high level of cultivation.

  After all, he had been stuck at the seventh rank of martial artist for five years and had long given up on the idea of further advancement.

  But suddenly, he had a chance to upgrade again, which made him somewhat unbelievable that this was true.

  "Hehe, it's the 9th rank, don't worry Father, not only is it the 9th rank, but in the future you can also advance to the Pre-Heaven realm. However, when you reach the 9th rank, you must stop and consolidate for half a year, otherwise it will affect your future cultivation." Zhang Cheng reminded.

  "That's great, I thought it was impossible to achieve in this life." Zhang Fang heard Zhang Cheng's words and only then reacted, his mood also becoming more relaxed.

  "Hehe, with me around, you won't be able to achieve anything even if you want to. Alright, I'll go take a look at my master, father, you just cultivate on your own." Zhang Cheng said with a smile.

  "En, you go, thank your master for me. If it wasn't for him, our Zhang family would have been finished this time." Zhang said with a nod.

  "Uh-huh, I understand, I'll go now!" With that, Zhang Cheng left the room.

  In the room, Zhang was still a bit unbelievable about everything that had happened after Zhang Cheng left. He patted his own face, felt the pain, and immediately beamed with joy. Then he said firmly: "Alright, this time I must make a breakthrough to the 9th rank!"

  After finishing speaking, he took another sip of water and continued his cultivation.

  ……

  After Zhang Cheng left the room, he came directly to Dan Chenzi's side. Feeling Zhang Cheng's arrival, Dan Chenzi also opened his eyes and said: "Young man, when are you going back to Menpai with me?"

  "Master, I still have some things that haven't been settled yet, let's wait a few more days. By the way, you can take this opportunity to read through the classics left behind by Xiang Tian, who knows it might be helpful to you!" Zhang Cheng didn't plan on leaving just yet.

  Now that Wang Chen and Li Meng, who killed Little Zhang Cheng, have been killed by him, and the culprit Zhang Hu himself has not been dealt with, plus his brother's case has not been settled, so he can't extricate himself for the time being.

  "That's good, by the way, I won't return that bottle of Rejuvenation Pill you just gave me. There are many seniors in our sect whose lifespan is about to run out, and I'll give it to them. If they can pass this hurdle, my confidence will also increase. Who knows, maybe they'll make an exception and teach you the Xian-class first-grade 'Xuanyuan Scripture'." said Dan Chenzi.

  "That's great, but are those elixirs enough? If not, I have many more here!" Zhang Cheng had obtained the "Burning Heaven Technique", a ninth-grade immortal cultivation method, but Xiang Tian didn't let him tell anyone else, so he could only temporarily deceive Dan Chenzi.

  Now seeing Danchenzi trying to think of a way for himself, I felt a bit moved, so I added this sentence.

  "Hehe, no need for that, these elixirs are enough. However, if you're short on money or want a treasure, I hope you can sell these vital elixirs to our sect. The price we offer will definitely not be lower than the outside market. As they say, 'the fat water doesn't flow into an outsider's field'!" Dan Chenzi said with a smile.

  "This is natural." Zhang Cheng nodded and continued: "Right, Master, can I ask you for something?"

  "What's going on? Tell me!" asked Danchenzi.

  "It's like this, you see, my elder brother's injury has healed and he can start cultivating again. So, I was wondering if Master, you could help my elder brother and sister find a cultivation sect? You also know their situation, Tian Feng Sect is definitely out of the question." Zhang Cheng said.

  "This isn't difficult, your brother's qualifications are quite good, and his innate talent is not low either. That little girl's innate talent is also not bad. Hmm, I'll recommend your brother to the Qinglian Sword Sect. As for that little girl, she has fire attribute talent in her body, and her soul power isn't weak either. If she wants to practice alchemy, then she can join our Dan Dao Sect. If she doesn't like alchemy, I'll recommend her to the Yu Xū Sect instead, which should also be a good place."

  He thought of the Qinglian Sword Sect and the Yu Xuzong, both of which were among the top ten sects of cultivation. The Qinglian Sword Sect was a sword-cultivating sect with the strongest attacking power, while the Yu Xuzong was the most powerful alchemy sect.

  However, no matter which sect it is, it's not something that ordinary people can easily get into. Only someone with face like Dan Chenzi can casually mention a few big sects like this.

  "What about the strength of these two sects?" Zhang Cheng had tasted the sweetness of being in the backroom, and didn't want to let them bully a small sect, so he asked this sentence.

  "You can rest assured, the top masters of these two sects are no better than our Dan Dao Zong, and they are also among the top ten sects. You can rest assured." Danchenzi smiled slightly, but he still didn't understand Zhang Cheng's meaning.

  "Ah, that's great." Zhang Cheng was very satisfied with Dan Chenzong's arrangement. Being able to compare with the Dan Tao Sect, it was absolutely a top-notch sect.

  "Alright, you give me all the books, I'll go to your room and take a look. As for you, hurry up and finish what you need to do, I've been away from the sect for too long, it's time for me to head back." Danchenzi said.

  "Uh-huh, I'll settle things here as soon as possible." With that, Zhang Cheng took out all the books from his storage ring and threw them at Danchenzi.

  Danchenzi's hand also had a storage ring, so he directly put all the books into his storage ring and then entered Zhang Cheng's room to read.

  As for Zhang Cheng, he returned to Zhang Long's room and took a look around. Feeling that there was nothing else to do, he then walked out of the room.

  Zhang Cheng walked out of the room and went straight to find trouble with Zhang Hu. At this moment, Zhang Hu was in the martial arts training hall of the Zhang family, accompanied by several of his younger brothers.

  Because Zhang Cheng had a great performance in the competition, Zhang Hu was very jealous. After arriving home, he gathered his own group of younger brothers and came to the martial arts arena to fight him.

  Rather than saying it was a fight with him, it's better to say that I was abused by him and let him vent.

  After all, he was a second-rate martial artist, while his younger brothers were all first-rate, and even if they all joined forces, they wouldn't be a match for Zhang Hu.

  In no time at all, this group of people were all knocked to the ground by Zhang Hu, each one curled up on the ground, trembling with pain throughout their bodies.

  However, Zhang Hu didn't let them off the hook. He glared at the group of people on the ground and said, "All of you get up, who told you to fall down? Get up quickly!"

  Scolding seemed not to be enough, Zhang Hu went up and gave them a good beating, kicking the group of people on the ground wailing in pain. However, they were also afraid of Zhang Hu's temper and could only cover their heads and endure it on the ground.

  "What a bunch of trash!" Zhang Hu seemed to think that continuing like this wasn't very interesting either, so after cursing for a bit, he stopped.

  However, as soon as he stopped, Zhang Cheng's arrogant appearance involuntarily emerged again. Instantly, his mood turned bad once more, and he shouted towards the sky: "Zhang Cheng, you just wait, one of these days I'll trample you under my feet!"

  "Is it?" Just then a disdainful voice came from behind.

  Upon hearing the voice, Zhang Hu was startled and quickly turned around to find that Zhang Cheng had already arrived at the martial arts arena, standing not far behind him with his arms crossed, smiling slyly at him.

  Suddenly, Zhang Hu felt that Zhang Cheng's smile was terrifying, and he subconsciously took a few steps back, then stuttered: "Y-you, when did you come?"